Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive"

In this multicenter study the comparison of the mass flow distribution and redistribution versus the relative blood flow per lobe (as a surrogate for Ventilation/ Perfusion (V/Q) matching) with functional respiratory imaging (FRI) and arterial blood gas (ABG) values will be evaluated in hypercapnic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients. Therefore a low dose Computed Tomography (CT) scan will be taken in a population of 30 patients with non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and in a control group of 10 patients without NIV. The CT-scan will be used for FRI.

The purpose of this trial is to investigate if roflumilast can reduce the neutrophilic inflammation at acute exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). In addition, the potential benefit of roflumilast on severity and recovery periods of acute COPD exacerbations will be assessed using patient diaries and questionnaires.

This is an observational study aiming to identify and validate biomarkers (including imaging and clinical descriptors) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and lung cancer.

This will be a non-blinded feasibility (pilot) study comparing triple therapy nebulizer vs dry powdered inhalers (DPI) for care transitions in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation patients. We hypothesize that patients treated in hospital and discharged on respiratory medications administered by nebulizers will exhibit better quality of life (QoL), symptom control, and lower COPD and all cause hospital readmission rates compared with patients treated with respiratory medications delivered by DPI. We aim to demonstrate that: Patients treated and discharged on nebulized bronchodilators will have fewer readmissions to hospital at 30 and 90 days compared to the group utilizing DPI The nebulizer group will demonstrate a longer duration of time until hospital readmission for COPD and all cause readmission compared to the group utilizing DPI The nebulizer group will demonstrate better QoL (measured by the SGRQ - Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire) and symptom control (as measured by the CAT & mMRC) compared to the group utilizing DPI.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether lozenges containing interferon-alpha can reduce the frequency and severity of coughing in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

The purpose of this study is to determine which COPD patients have GERD and if COPD patients with GERD treated with high dose lansoprazole for 1 year decreases the frequency of COPD exacerbations compared to the previous year without treatment.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the lung deposition and distribution pattern of TRIMBOW using a Gamma-scintigraphic technique after inhalation of a single dose of 99mTc radiolabelled TRIMBOW administered via pMDI in healthy volunteers, asthmatic and COPD patients

Patients who are suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) had a decreased level of physical activity which is consequentially related to another acute exacerbation event. In this study, we selected patients from those who were admitted for acute exacerbation of COPD, evaluated physical activity by accelerometer (wearable multisensory armband devices) to find out the correlation between physical activity in COPD acute exacerbation patients.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ability of the Bora Care remote monitoring solution to detect early acute exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

This is a fully automated randomized trial with two randomization branch-points. The first is inclusion of disease-specific orders in the admission orders based on a predictive model using real-time data. The second is the use of dynamic orders that are end-user tested rather than static orders designed by a committee. The primary hypothesis is that automatic inclusion of disease specific orders with admission orders will improve adherence to guidelines for patients with COPD. The secondary hypothesis is that clinical and operational outcomes will improve, thereby improving value.